Friday Night Lights (2006–2011): Season 5, Episode 11 - The March - full transcript

ANNOUNCER: Oh, and it's lofted
over the middle. Touchdown!

And these East Dillon Lions
are going to the playoffs.

He needs a father, O,
not an agent!

I've waited tables before.

I could take your shift.

When are you
going to be up there?

You'd have to spend a lot more
money to get me up there, honey.

BUDDY:
When you let him out,

he will have a full-time
job working for me.

It's time for you to let
Tim Riggins come home.

Hey.



MINDY: Hey, you're home.
Hey.

Hey.

You look lonely.
Mmm.

Can I ask you
a question?

Yeah, sure.

What does
your boyfriend think

about you working
at the Landing Strip?

He's all right with it.

It's good money.

There's better money
than stripping, you know.

Yeah, I don't do that.

BILLY: We got cake!

Gotta do what
you gotta do, Becky.

BILLY: Here's the man.
Man of the hour. There you go.



All right. Cheers.

WOMAN: Yeah!

(ALL APPLAUDING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

ALL: East side! East side!

TAYLOR: Hey! Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Listen up, listen up.
Listen!

How does it feel
to be one step closer?

(ALL CHEERING)

Now, this is where
the real work begins.

State is yours to lose.

Plain and simple,
you are that good.

Were there problems out there tonight?
Damn right, there were.

There's problems
every game,

but that was one hell of a
performance out there, fellas.

That was one hell
of a game.

One more thing.
Buddy, come here.

Buddy, Jr., change
that dumb number.

What's that number up
there right now, fellas?

ALL: Four!
What's it need to be?

ALL: Three!

How many more games?
ALL: Three!

How many more games to State?
ALL: Three!

(ALL CHEERING)

Good morning.
LAUREL: Good morning.

All right, everybody
have a seat, please.

What's this about,
Levi?

Everybody, thank you
for coming in early.

Anyone need
a doughnut?

What's going on?

Some of you won't have
a job next semester.

WOMAN: What?

Yeah, I've been in
this district 27 years,

I've never
seen it like this.

There's no money
coming in.

In fact,
they want money back.

Department heads, the
guidelines are right here.

Follow them the best you can.
Anyway, pray.

He did just say pray,
didn't he?

Mmm-hmm.

LAUREL: First
they fire Dave Morris,

so who do you think
they're gonna let go now?

They're not
gonna fire you.

Well, they're gonna fire somebody.
(SHUSHING)

And meanwhile, where's the
union in all of this?

You know... I'm sorry.
(PHONE RINGING)

Tami Taylor.

Oh, hey!
How are you?

Oh, the Assistant Dean?

Sure. Yeah. Well...
I'm pretty open.

Okay. Wonderful.

TAMI: Well,
it's a small school.

It's kind of like the
Ivies, but not an Ivy.

You know,
it's one of those.

Up in the northeast, there.
Well, Philadelphia.

They said they're
going to fly me.

Kind of like an Ivy,
but it's not an Ivy.

Did you hear that?
What did you say?

They said they'd
fly me out there.

They're gonna fly you?

Mmm-hmm. That is
if I go, of course.

But it could be kind of
fun to go, you know.

I mean, if for no other
reason, just to talk to them.

I mean,
it's a college and...

I've never interviewed
at a college before.

It's a good opportunity,
no doubt about it.

It's a good college, too.
I think it's...

(DISTANT CHANTING) I've
heard it's real, real good.

It's very flattering.
I mean, they really are good.

Well, it might just be a hoot, you know.
Do you want cheese?

A hoot? You're seriously
gonna use that word.

What is that noise?
PLAYERS: (CHANTING) State! State!

Hoot. Ever heard Mom say "hoot"?
Huh? Honey, do you hear that?

I hear something.
You wanna see something really fun?

Honey, can you tell them that we're
about to have dinner, please?

Just come on.
I've got tomatoes all over.

Do your hair up, too?

All right, hold on.
Come on, honey.

ALL: (CHANTING) State!
State! State! State!

What do you think
of that?

What are you doing
in my yard?

Getting strong, Coach.

Getting strong?
Get out of my yard.

You're making it
look bad.

Getting our stamina up.
We're running three nights a week.

Hi, Mrs. Taylor.
Hey!

Let's break it down
for Mrs. Taylor, y'all.

Hey, y'all need to get out of this yard.
I'm serious.

I'm trying to
eat dinner here.

Red, set...

TAYLOR: Hey, save your legs.
Now, beat it.

ALL: Set!
And go.

Hike!

(ALL CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)

ORNETTE:
It's just beer, okay?

You ain't gonna
drink none of it.

I didn't get it for you,
I got it for me, okay?

Baby, I been working
a long day.

When I come home,
I just...

I want a beer,
that's it.

What's wrong?

REGINA: Tell him.
Son, I done worked nine hours

in a slaughterhouse,
you hear?

And I come home, I just want a
cold beer and a hot shower.

Why am I getting grief
over that?

He knows I'm not supposed
to have that in here.

Mom, I know.

Look, Pop, I understand you work hard...
Come on.

She can't have that
in the house.

This ain't drugs, man.
It's just a damn beer.

Oh, come on, man.

I don't know.
I just don't know.

Pop.

(CHUCKLING)

Excuse me, can we get some
volume on this TV here?

Do you know where the remote is, Mr.
Garrity?

Yeah, it's
right there, Tim.

Keep it
on the back, there.

(SPORTSCASTER CHATTERING)

And then Smash Williams,

he'll take it
and show some speed.

He gets another touchdown
before the half.

Brian, what are
your thoughts on Smash?

Smash the Aggie.
Who'd a thunk it, huh?

Smash an Aggie.

Yeah.
Yeah.

The guy leading the block
looked kind of like you.

(CHUCKLING)

Yeah.

Hey, Tim, did you
change that other keg?

You've seen
how we do it?

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. All right.

Women's volleyball has
half the budget ours does,

but they don't even have
a quarter of the ticket sales.

STAN: You're not
reading that right.

I'm reading it
exactly right.

I think we should melt the weights
and sell them as scrap metal.

BILLY: That's the dumbest thing that
I've ever heard in my entire life.

How about we work on next week's game plan?
How about that?

So, why are we working
on this friggin' budget

when we've got
a playoff game coming up?

STAN: We need money, and I say
we do a coaches calendar.

(ALL CHATTERING)

What the hell
are y'all doing?

CROWLEY: We're three weeks
deep in the playoffs.

You're not getting
anything done.

All you're doing is bickering.
We're getting the budget done.

You're bickering, I can
listen to you over there.

What?

I've got something
you're gonna love.

Good, thank you.
What is this?

It's a scouting report
on Preston.

Scouting report?
Mmm-hmm.

We don't play Preston.

But we might
in the quarterfinals.

Right? So I went to
their game on Saturday

and I videotaped it
and that's also for you.

So we can, maybe, study it.
You know, together.

I didn't ask you
to do this.

Not only did I not
ask you to do this,

but you realize it's illegal
for you to be taping a game.

But I'm not a coach,
so it's not illegal for me...

No, you're not a coach.

You're an equipment
manager.

I know,
I'd like to, you know,

get in that transition
to become a coach...

A transition?

Yeah. Like,
by shadowing you.

Can, you know...
Can I shadow you?

Jess, you'll never be
a football coach.

What? 'Cause I'm a girl
or something?

(SNICKERS)

CROWLEY: That's not
what I said.

STAN: Yeah, it is.

Well, I mean,
I wrote the report.

If you have time,
you can read it.

BILLY: What's next?
Babies driving cars?

You don't have to watch the DVD.
STAN: Coaches calendar...

BILLY: Oh, God, would you
shut up, please?

CROWLEY: Let's get back to work.
Just shut up!

Let's get back to work.
Please, God!

Don't stop for me.

LUKE: Hey, dude.
BECKY: Thought you were at work.

I was.

How was it?
Thrilling.

I made cookies,
if you want some.

No, thanks.

I'm gonna have a shower.

(SIGHS) Yeah, use protection
this time, my friend.

I gotta get ready
for tomorrow.

I'll see you.
Later.

See you.

ANNOUNCER: Back to pass.

Oh, it's picked off!
Cafferty going in!

Oh, Lions win!
Lions win!

(ALL CHEERING)

Another big night, another big
win for these East Dillon Lions.

(CROWD CHEERING)

I only got one thing to say.
Quarterfinals, yeah!

Best game he's had
so far.

Luke Cafferty,
come on up here.

So now you're saying
we're on the chopping block.

Oh, it's not just you.

Football brings in money.

And it costs, too.

Right now,
you are revenue neutral.

What do you mean,
revenue neutral?

What I am saying is the board meets
in 10 days to make their final cuts.

Football is a big target.

You need to make the cuts
before they do.

Taylor,
this is serious.

Hey.

You've got my back,
don't you?

I always do, Taylor.

All the way to State!

All the way to State!

ALL: All the way to State!
All the way to State!

TAYLOR: Here I am trying
to take a team to State,

and Levi's got me counting
pens and paperclips.

One week he's wasting
money on banquets,

offering me contracts.

The next week,
he wants me

to cut the budget
down to bare bones.

I've got Spivey,
I've got Stan,

I've got Crowley, I've got Billy.
All on stipends.

That money is just about to disappear.
What am I supposed to do?

Boost the team myself?
I had another conversation

with that Dana Wheldon
from Braemore.

And they want me to
come do that interview.

And I think
I'd really like to do it.

The thing about it is that it is
going to be two Fridays from now.

That's during the semis.

I know.

You can't do it
some other time?

Apparently they're...

It's really hard to get
people's schedules together.

There are going to be several
people in the meeting.

The president of the
college might be there.

It's just
an exciting opportunity,

you know, after all these
years in high school.

GRACIE: Mommy!
Come here, Mom.

What is it, honey?
I'll be right there.

55! 54! 53! 52!

51! 50!

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

TAYLOR: Hey,
what are you doing?

Hastings!

You're gonna
drop the ball there?

Don't just put that
ball on the ground.

You hand him the ball.

Turn around,
we do it again.

I don't care, we'll be out
here all day, every day.

That's just
a stupid mistake.

Coach.
What?

I got something for you.

Natalie Watson, first female
high school football coach.

For the Cawley Village
Broncos in Washington, DC.

You know what you are?

What?

You're a pest.

Let's go!

BILLY: So, anyway, once
the season is over with,

they're gonna have to let a bunch of
coaches go because of budget cuts.

I mean,
Crowley will be there

'cause he's, like,
Coach's right-hand man.

And Spivey, you know,
he's all right, I guess.

But that guy Stan...
You've met Stan.

The guy's
a friggin' weirdo, man.

With the repeating of everything
that everyone says, it's annoying.

Billy, I get it.

(SIGHS)

Oh. Coach wanted me
to tell you,

if you want to come with
us to the game, you can.

We'll just put you
on the bus or whatever.

I gotta work.

Oh, Buddy will
let you off.

I don't want to be
let off work.

All right.

(LAUGHS)

Wait, wait. Oh, you gotta see this.
Come outside.

You gotta
check this out.

What are you degenerates
doing on my lawn?

Getting ready
for Preston, Coach.

All right, I like
to hear that.

Paying our respects
to the God of D.

The God of D.
Thank you very much.

Hey, Tinker,
how you holding up?

You look like you lost
about 40 pounds over there.

Oh, yeah!

You think you can
give me a war chant?

All right. Ready?

(ALL CHANTING WAR CRY)

(ALL CHEERING)

Listen up!
Listen up!

You feel that?
ALL: Yeah!

There's about
5,000 people out there

and they want to take
your dream away from you.

You gonna let them take this dream
away from us? ALL: No, sir!

Are you gonna let
our dreams be taken away?

ALL: No, sir!

As one, gentlemen.

Dear Lord,

please allow these young men to safely pursue
the height of their excellence tonight

and, as a family, allow them to
achieve their goals with the gifts

with which you have
blessed them. Amen.

ALL: Amen!

Now, let's go kick some ass.
Let's go.

(ALL CHEERING)

(CROWD JEERING)

Throw it up in the air.

Hastings jumps over
triple coverage.

Touchdown in the end zone.

Oh, for real? You have never seen 5,000
fans so quiet in your life, Mama.

You would have loved it.

(LAUGHS)
You should have been there.

Well, I'll
tell you what.

I'm gonna be there
from here on out,

'cause I ain't missing
no Fridays.

Since when?

Since I talked to boss.
He said I could be there.

That's what I'm
talking about.

That's what I'm
talking about.

(CHUCKLES) Mmm.

What's up, star?

(LAUGHING)

Yo, boy.
Come on, man.

Give me a hug.

(EXHALING)

You drinking, man?

Hey, don't worry about it.
Don't worry about it.

Hey! (EXCLAIMS)

I heard you crushed it
at Preston. Right?

Yeah, we won.
That's it.

That's my boy
right there.

Hey, Pop, what's up
with them jackets?

I'm bringing gifts.

That's for you.

For you.

No, you didn't even make
enough money to buy these.

Hey!

You trying to
embarrass me, huh?

Come on, just...

(REGINA SCREAMS)

Hey, hey!
Get your hands off me, boy.

Don't put your hands on me, boy.
BIRD: You better go.

I swear to God, I'm about to call the police.
You better go.

Go on, now.

Hey, man, what's this?
Get off me, boy.

What's that?

This is just stuff, you know.
This is grown man's stuff.

Don't you worry
about it, hear?

I bring gifts
and y'all treat me like...

You got me, huh?
You got me?

I'm trying to
give you a gift.

Come on, take this.
Take that, man.

Y'all are ungrateful.

Bird, I'm sorry.

I'm all right.

BIRD: Are you all right?

Yeah.

I'm all right.

VINCE: You wanna go?

Come on.

We're gonna go.
Come on, Mom.

(SOBBING)

SAMMY: Only four teams left standing in Texas.
ALL: State. State. State.

And if you find me a man
who says he knew all along

East Dillon
was gonna be one of them,

well, feel free to kick that man
in the butt and call him a liar,

'cause no one,

I mean no one in their right
mind saw this coming.

Yet, here these Lions are, from 2
and 8 to one game away from State.

Why is it that I'm driving
you to go to Philadelphia

while I got
the semifinals coming up?

The time when I
need you the most.

Are you gonna do that right now,
on the way to the airport?

You're gonna
bring that up right now?

You've got a problem
with this?

Well, you put
that feeling out.

What feeling?
I didn't put...

You know the feeling
you put out.

Basically says, "Eric, you
need to be quiet about this.

"We're not talking
about it anymore.

"Conversation's over."
You have lost your mind.

I was very straightforward
about this.

I was very straightforward
about how I felt.

About how important
it is to me,

how sorry I am
to miss your game.

I am so sorry about it.
It breaks my heart.

But that's how
important this is.

I could use a little support,
quite frankly.

I'm driving you
to the airport.

Like I've done for you
a million times.

Did you get
the window seat?

Don't try to change
the subject.

Well, you're kicking
my ass here.

Well, that's right,
your ass needs some kicking.

Who's gonna
cook dinner for me?

Oh, poor baby.

Gracie.

TAYLOR:
Have a good one, fellas.

Hang on a second,
I'll be right there.

Okay.

Natalie Wilkinson.

You mean Natalie Watson?

Watson!

That's why I couldn't find her when
I looked it up. Natalie Watson.

Fourteen thousand high school
football coaches around this country.

That's one.
Fourteen thousand.

You like those odds?

No, actually,
I think they stink.

So do I.

You know, it's a man's game.
Men play this game.

Not just any men.

Certain men, angry men,
fierce men, tough men.

I'm not asking to play.

Shadows are silent.

Shadows don't
make any noise.

You don't even know
a shadow's there.

Shadows certainly don't
talk back.

Uh-huh?
Mmm-hmm.

All right.
Welcome aboard.

Well, you gonna
come in here or what?

Oh. Yeah.
Uh-huh.

(ROCK MUSIC BLARING)

TIM: Your pregnant wife
is working the room.

Your son Stevie's getting bottle-fed
by a bunch of rippers back there.

And you're on
your seventh beer.

You're not gonna
hear me complain.

Why'd you
let her work here?

She's a stripper, Tim.

That's what she does.

I meant Becky.

BILLY: I didn't even know
she was working here.

Honestly. She came up here
one night with Mindy and...

No, no, no, no.
You could have stopped it.

I don't understand
what the big deal is.

She's just waitressing, Tim.
It's not like she's stripping.

And part of that money that she's
making is helping to go pay rent.

And that rent is actually helping
to pay for your land that you got.

Didn't ask for that.

You may not have asked for it,
but that's the way things are.

Times are
a little tight, Tim.

I thought times
were good, Billy.

So now you're
just a liar.

Okay.
Take it easy, all right?

She may as well
be stripping.

Where you going?

Hey!

Hey, leave her alone.

Tim, it's okay.

What is your problem?

Problem is you're touching
her, and she's a waitress.

Tim, this is Randy.
He's one of my best customers.

I don't care who he is. If he touches you
again, I'm gonna break both his arms.

Tim, stop!

I'd like to see you try.

Let go of me.

BECKY: Tim, stop!

Get off!

BILLY: Tim!
She's 17!

Get a haircut.
Seventeen years old!

A high school junior!

Let go of me. Let go.

It's okay, 'cause it's Dillon.
It's Dillon, Texas.

Let go.

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.

Hey. Hey.

What the hell
is your problem, man?

Hey! You got a problem with
me, you take it out on me,

not that little girl.

She's gonna
lose her job.

You were supposed to look
after her, weren't you?

We had a deal.

I screw up my life,
you fix yours.

I've fixed my life.

(ENGINE STARTING)

(BILLY COUGHS)

How long you gonna
hold it over my head, man?

Rest of my life,
if I feel it needs to be.

I'm sorry, okay?

I'm sorry!

(SOBBING)

Hey. Hey.

What's up with the locks?

Huh?

You all right?
You ain't sounding right.

Yeah, I'm all right.
Come on, open it.

What, did y'all change the
damn locks or something?

(KEY SCRATCHING)

I did.

(BANGING ON DOOR)
Regina!

Girl, is you gone crazy?

Now, this is my house, too.
Open the damn door.

Come on!

Yo, Pop, you ain't getting
in like this, all right?

You gotta go
get yourself help.

Open it!
(SCREAMS)

Yo, Pop, Pop, Pop.
Pop, you ain't getting in.

Somebody's trying to
break into our house.

You blowing it, Pop.
I live here.

You're going to jail, Pop.

Mom's phoning right now.

REGINA: Go!

ORNETTE:
I ain't going nowhere.

(CONTINUES BANGING ON DOOR)

You gotta go, man.
You gotta go, Pop.

You gotta go, or you gonna go to jail.
Let me in.

You gotta go.

You better not sleep,
'cause I ain't going nowhere.

I'm sorry for
getting you fired.

I messed up.

Tim, that's my job.

I needed that job.

And you humiliated me.

Becky, you can do better.

You don't even
talk to me anymore.

You don't even
look at me, really.

Is it that?

I gotta go.

You don't have to leave
because of me.

I have to go.

Gotta go.

Fine.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

BURNWELL:
Hey, sorry to bother you,

but I wanted you to hear it
before you read it.

Oh, Levi, what is it?
Hear what?

I've been at
a budget meeting.

I've been here all day.

Listen. If you're calling me to
take any more out of the budget,

I can't do it.
I've taken everything I can out, Levi.

Uh...

There's only gonna be

one football program
in Dillon.

Say that again?

West Dillon and East Dillon are
gonna share a team next year.

Which program they
planning on cutting, Levi?

That's next week's fight.

(CROWD CHEERING)

REPORTER: Coach, Coach.
It's Arnett Mead.

Come on, they're the only team
that beat you this year.

What are you gonna
do differently this time?

Well, the difference this time
is State's on the line.

That's your answer. That's what
you're giving us. That's my answer.

Can you comment on the rumors one of the
two Dillon programs is facing elimination?

Look, one of these teams
is gonna go to State.

One of them's gonna be
State Champion.

I don't think anybody's gonna
eliminate a State Champion.

I gotta go, fellas.
Thank you very much.

MAN: All the way to State!

Hey.

I'm sorry
about last night, okay?

I know it looked bad.

Let's go.

How you doing?

You okay? Yeah, I'm good.
I'm all right.

You're ready?
Yeah.

Have you heard
from Dad yet?

I haven't talked to him.

How are you
getting to the game?

I can make some room for you
on the bus if you want.

Well, actually, I wanted to know
if it was okay with you if I

not go to the game and...

I have a meeting
I need to get to.

I need to take a meeting.
You know.

Yeah.

I mean, but if you really
need me to go...

Mom. No, no, no.
It's all right.

That's more important.

PLAYER: Come on, Vince.

I gotta... I gotta go.

I'm gonna win
this game for you.

I know you will.
Give me a hug.

I don't wanna hold you up.
Okay. All right.

TAYLOR: Anytime, son.

(HORN HONKING)

DANA: I wanted to give you a little bit
of a heads-up on what to expect today.

TAMI: Okay.

So, it's a small committee.

For the most part they're smart,
pleasant, open-minded people.

Hazel Hochman is
the Director of Admissions.

He's essentially
humorless.

He will be making the ultimate decision,
'cause you'll be working with him.

So just focus all your positive
energy in his direction.

Will do.
We're here. You ready?

Oh.

Okay. I'm ready
as I'll ever be.

Let's go.

TAMI: Well, all I'm saying is, we
have found that our test scores

are not at all representative
of the student bodies,

and that they are just
increasingly inaccurate and so,

you know, I have just
personally been trying to...

Mrs. Taylor, are you saying then we
should ignore input like the SATs?

No, no, no.
I'm not suggesting that we ignore it.

Well, then what are you
suggesting?

Well, I think you use them, but
I think you use them minimally.

And I notice that you have
a very rigid cut-off point

for your students' SAT scores.

Mrs. Taylor, we have
approximately 18,000 applicants

for 900 spots.

I understand.
Now, we have to set cut-off points.

With our limited resources, we can
properly assess the applicants.

I'm just suggesting that you're not
getting the top-tier applicants.

Dean, I think that Mrs. Taylor is just trying
to suggest we just sort of re-evaluate...

Listen, I can only imagine
that y'all

flew me all the way here
from Dillon, Texas,

because you think I might know
something about high school students.

I'm sure you do. And what I can
tell you is that I think there is

a chasm happening and you are not
getting your best student here.

Yes, that's because...
If you just broadened your admissions policies,

you'd be in competition with
the Ivies if you wanted to be.

I'm not interested in how
the Ivy League does things.

TAMI: I retract it.

But I'm just saying you're missing
such great kids out there.

Now, as I understand it,

you went from guidance counselor
to principal of your high school.

And then back to
guidance counselor.

Can you explain
that to us?

MINDY: I know you're angry
but you don't have to do this.

I do.
Too many people in this house.

Okay, wait.
He feels so guilty.

You don't even know.
He sits up in bed at nights and he cries

and there is nothing
I can do to stop him.

He feels so bad
because he loves you so much.

I love you so much because
of what you did for us.

You gave Stevie a father.

And I'm happy for you.

And Billy, Stevie. And you did it.
You're family now.

But I've got to go.

You're different.
You know that?

Yeah.

I am.

ANNOUNCER: Less than two minutes
to go, the Lions down 13-9.

And I'll bet you a buck Coach Taylor
wishes he had some of those timeouts back.

Come here.

Listen to me. No huddle, hurry-up package.
You got it?

Slot right, quick out,
then trips left, 31 bubble.

31 bubble. Yes, sir.
You got that?

That ought to put you in the middle
around 25, give you some room.

Yes, sir.
Watch the clock.

Hey, watch the clock!

ANNOUNCER: The East Dillon
Lions come to the line,

shotgun formation.

Hut!

There's the snap. Howard steps back.
Looks to the outside.

Complete to Ruckle.
But he stays inbounds.

Clock's rolling here, folks.
They're gonna have to hurry.

Let's go!

First and 10, East Dillon Lions.
Howard under center.

There's the snap,
he steps back.

Little swing pass to Cafferty.
Got some room to the outside.

It's a nice little gain for eight,
but the clock is still ticking.

Howard steps back.
Looks like he sees something he likes.

Oh, it's a big,
beautiful pass.

Complete to Ruckle, but he's still inbounds.
The clock is winding, folks.

They gotta go!

Coach? Slot right, 90 double.

Hut!

Need to get to the end zone or the sideline,
it doesn't matter which one, all right?

Ready, set...

Hut!

There you go, baby.
There you go, baby. There you go.

Let's go,
let's go, let's go.

VINCE: Just calm down. Calm.

Tink, how you feeling?
Big as a mountain. Let's go.

That's what I'm talking about. We're gonna go
26 power glide, all right? 26 power glide.

On one. Ready?
ALL: Break!

ANNOUNCER: Vince Howard brings the
East Dillon Lions to the line

with two seconds in the game.

One last shot with their entire
season on the line. Here we go.

VINCE: Down, set!

Red, blue, 28. Hut!

(GRUNTING)

Touchdown!
And the East Dillon Lions

are going to the Texas High
School State Championship.

(BANGING)

(CRACKLING)

MAN: The Lions are
heading to State!

(SWITCHES OFF)

DANA: You did
a great job today.

It was fabulous.

I don't think Dean Hochman
thought so, but...

Dr. Tate. Hey. Hi.

Hello. I'm sorry I'm late.
Oh, my goodness!

I had dinner with a wealthy and
very angry alumnus, and...

Oh, my goodness.
Well, hi.

Nice to see you.

Thank you, it's my pleasure.
I can't stay long.

Oh, you're so sweet.
Thank you for even coming by.

I offer my apologies
in advance.

I have two kids at home
that need tucking in.

Anyway, cheers.
DANA: Cheers.

Cheers.

And thank y'all
again so much.

It was really a great, great
opportunity for me today.

Okay.

We're not offering you
assistant Dean of Admissions.

I understand.

You know, it wasn't something
I really expected,

but it was such a great
thing for me...

Because we're offering you
Dean of Admissions.

What?
It's in there.

But what about
Dean Hochman?

I want people like you
at this college.

Oh, my goodness. I am...

I am...
I don't know what to say.

I'm a counselor at a
small school in Texas.

And principal of
a Blue Ribbon School.

I don't know what to say.

TATE: So,
this is what you say.

Say, "I know this is a
tremendous opportunity,

"but I need to go home
and talk to my husband."

And hopefully then you're gonna
call me and you're gonna say yes.

Thank you.

I'm gonna leave.
DANA: Sorry you can't stay.

DANA: So?

Thank you.

Thank you.
DANA: Night.

TAYLOR: Hey, listen up.

(PLAYERS CHATTERING) Bring it up.
Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, listen up.
Listen up.

Bring this board up.
Hey, fellas. Check this out.

What's this say?
ALL: One!

How many games to State?

ALL: One!

No, sir.

Get rid of that.
What's it say now?

ALL: State!
What's it say?

ALL: State!

Baby, we're going to State!

(ALL CHEERING)

Hey, Coach. Coach.

We just missed the turn
for the field house.

We're not going
to the field house.

Where we going?

(PEOPLE CHEERING)

Let's go. Let's go.

(ROCK SONG PLAYING)